Narrated by Abu
Huraira, r.a.:
The Prophet said:
"Allah said, 'I will be an opponent to three types of people
on the Day of Resurrection:
One who makes a covenant in My Name, but proves
treacherous;
One who sells a free person and eats
his price; and
One who employs a laborer and takes full work from him
but does not pay him for his labor."
Bukhari, Volume 3,
Book 36, #470
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
99,585
That's the number of people New Trend's
June 23 issue reached through face book.
It included:
Br. Kaukab's editorial on the real reason for Dr. Morsi's
murder, plus
our first Christian friends' column rebutting homos as given
in the bible,
plus Sis. Yasmin's article on Juma' prayers,
plus Russia and Asssd in genocidal bombing of northern
Syria
and much more.
The Bahrain conference aimed at "buying" Palestine for $50
billion failed miserably. It was Kushner's "baby,"
The plot has been condemned by both Hamas and the secularist
PA.
EGYPT
[With thanks to Shaikh Mohomed in UK.]
The West's Disgraceful Silence on the Death of Morsi
by Robert Fisk
Ye Gods, how brave was our response to the outrageous
death-in-a-cage of Mohamed Morsi. It is perhaps a little
tiresome to repeat all the words of regret and mourning, of
revulsion and horror, of eardrum-busting condemnation
pouring forth about the death of Egypt's only elected
president in his Cairo courtroom this week. From Downing
Street and from the White House, from the German Chancellery
to the Elysee - and let us not forget the Berlaymont - our
statesmen and women did us proud. Wearying it would be
indeed to dwell upon their remorse and protests at Morsi's
death.
The Rising Tide of Hate in India. Targets are Muslims,
Christians, and Dalits
[Facts gleaned from the latest US State Dept report]
Attacks on religious minorities included allegations of
involvement by law enforcement personnel. On January 10,
Jammu and Kashmir police arrested eight men, including four
police personnel, in connection with the kidnapping, gang
rape, and killing of an 8-year-old girl. The men allegedly
kidnapped the victim, took her to a nearby temple, and raped
and killed her in an effort to drive her nomadic Muslim
community out of the area. In September Uttar Pradesh
authorities suspended three police officers after videos
surfaced of them abusing a Hindu woman in Meerut for
reportedly consorting with a Muslim man. The central and
state governments and members of political parties took
steps that affected Muslim practices and institutions. The
government continued its challenge in the Supreme Court to
the minority status of Muslim educational institutions,
which affords them independence in hiring and curriculum
decisions. Proposals to rename Indian cities with Muslim
provenance continued, most notably the renaming of Allahabad
to Prayagraj. Activists said these proposals were designed
to erase Muslim contributions to Indian history and had led
to increased communal tensions.
There were reports of religiously motivated killings,
assaults, riots, discrimination, vandalism, and actions
restricting the right of individuals to practice their
religious beliefs and proselytize. According to Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) data presented in the lower house of
parliament on February 6, communal incidents increased by 9
percent from 2015 to 2017, with 822 incidents resulting in
111 deaths and 2,384 injuries in 2017. Authorities often
failed to prosecute perpetrators of "cow vigilante" attacks,
which included killings, mob violence, and intimidation. On
July 21, a group attacked and killed Rakbar Khan, a Muslim
dairy farmer from Haryana, while he was transporting two
cows at night. In December an estimated 300 persons, angered
by reports of cows being slaughtered in the area, set fire
to the police station in Chigrawati and killed a police
officer. An 18-year-old protester was also killed in the
violence. A mob assaulted two Muslim men, killing one, in
Madhya Pradesh's Satna District on May 17, alleging they
were slaughtering a bull. Police arrested four assailants
and filed a complaint alleging cow slaughter against the
injured survivor. On January 20, a Christian pastor was
found dead at his residence in Tamil Nadu. Members of his
congregation alleged he had been murdered, and that he had
been a victim of frequent past harassment by Hindu
fundamentalist organizations. According to the NGO
Persecution Relief's 2017 Annual Report released in January,
there were 736 incidents of persecution against Christians
in 2017 compared to 348 in 2016. Tradition and social custom
continued to deny entry to women and members of Dalit
communities (former untouchables) into many places of
worship. In December the Shiv Sena Party published an
editorial calling for government to curb the growth of the
country's Muslim population through such measures as
compulsory family planning for Muslims. On September 28, the
Supreme Court overturned a ban on females aged 10 to 50
years from entering the Hindu Sabarimala temple in Kerala, a
move that, according to media, sparked political controversy
across the country.
News Within the U.S.
Female Suffering in USA
[Excerpted from Ellicott city Patch.
June 28
It should be noted that only 30 percent of sex assault cases
are reported to authorities and about 18 percent of U.S.
women — nearly one in five — have been raped,
according to the Justice Department's Office of Sex Offender
Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and
Tracking.
When it comes to child sex abusers, an estimated 60 percent
of sexual abusers know the victim but aren't family members.
This includes child care providers, family friends,
neighbors and babysitters. Furthermore, only about 10
percent of child sex abuser are strangers to the child.
Editorial
Without Women's participation in good works, activism,
equality with Husbands, Islamic Requirement is not
fulfilled.
Many American Women are like Slaves of Men and their
Victims.
Abortion:What does Islam say?
On June 28, Br. Kaukab Siddique gave the juma khutba at
Masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen in Baltimore. Despite intense hot
weather, the masjid was full. Here is an outline of the
khutba:
Text: "And when the girl-child that was buried alive is
asked for what sin was she slain?". Quran 81:8-9
The unbelievers before Islam changed them had their own
version of abortion. Many of them buried their baby
daughters alive.
The Qur'an condemns this horrific but commonplace
atrocity in the strongest possible words. [81:8-9]
In his tafseer of these verses, Maulana Maudoodi says the
words in Arabic convey Divine Anger as does their placing
within the context of the
destruction of the world. ---See Tafheem ul-Qur'an.]
Hadith narrates that one of the men before Islam threw
his daughter into a well. After Islam, he came to the
Prophet, pbuh, for repentance and forgiveness. When he
recounted the horrible crime to the Prophet, pbuh, how the
little girl used to follow her father everywhere and when he
threw her into the well, her last words were "my father, my
father." On hearing this story, the Prophet, pbuh, cried so
much that his beard became wet.
Modern abortions are like the primitive burials of female
children. Abortion on demand has become common in America,
linked as it is to random and casual sex. Freedom to have
sex anytime and often anywhere leads to a certain percentage
of unwanted pregnancies which are then terminated through
abortion. Thus the end of family control on the sexual
activities of their children,. the crumbling family system,
is linked to thecoast-to-coast phenomenon of abortion.
On a more secretive level, abortion on demand is also
seeping into Muslim countries.
On the other extreme, opponents of abortion oppose all
abortion regardless of what some pregnancies can do to
women. Authentic hadith equate the honor of the Muslim [I.e.
women] to the sacredness of the Ka'aba itself. Again, hadith
indicates that Islam does not equate the fetus to a human
being and does not consider abortion equal to murder. So I
would support abortion in cases of incest, rape and
permanent damage to the woman's health.
Part 2.
Many Muslims condemn the behavior of women who walk
around almost naked, with short, short skirts and plunging
neck lines. These Muslims do not realize that female
behavior of near nudity is linked to the desires of men.
Look at BET and other late night TV programs. Men love women
who are a condition of near nudity. By contrast, men on US
TV are shown heavily dressed, often in three piece suits.
This discrimination indicates that women are considered
inferior and have to uncover to please men.
My research shows that this discrimination is a spill
over from slavery times. The slave master could do whatever
he swanted to do to female slaves and in turn his White wife
would let him do whatever to compete with what he was doing
to slave women.
Notice that in more than 200 years of American
independence, no male has been executed for rape, even for
rape with mutilation.
Men could just walk away from marriage leaving the woman
helpless. Now the laws are favoring women but are only
creating family tension and break up.
Crimes against women have become so common place that
entire TV channels are documenting these horrific crimes .
Even now the media do not label them as "crimes against
women" but simply as "crimes." [Check ID, Oxygen and other
documentary programs.]
Islam requires us to bring women into:
Equal participation in decisions. [Even a conservative
scholar like Maudoodi taught mutual consultation between
husband and wie in his commentary of Sura Shoora.]
Equality in all matters including jihad. [Sura ale
Imran]. Women should be trained to defend themselves when
men are not there..
Taqwa, NOT GENDER, is the standard of nobility and
superiority, [Sura al-Hujurat.
Notice that in the battle of Uhud, when the Prophet,
pbuh, life was in immediate danger, he was defended by a
woman, Umm Ammara, r.a. [See Tabaqat of Ibn aad for
details.]
Today in Palestine, Syria and even Afghanistan, women
are joining the struggle against invasion and tyranny.
Du'a: O Allah, give health to those of us who are not well,
give jobs to those who don't have jobs, halal earning to
those who have jobs. O Allah help us to study the Qur'an and
hadith every day. Give us spouses and children who will
stand with us for Islam. Ameen.
PAKISTAN
Biggest Mass Rally in Karachi's History.
No to IMF
Free Aafia. Liberate Kashmir.
by Qaisar Sharif,
LAHORE, June 30; Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator
Sirajul Haq, has said that the problems being faced by the
masses at present were the outcome of the incompetence and
wrong policies of the past and the present governments.He
was addressing a mammoth crowd at the JI Awami march at
Karachi against the price hike, unemployment and the IMF
slavery of the rulers.
Sirajul Haq said that Pakistan was an independent state and
it would not accept IMF and World Bank slavery. He said the
JI would continue its struggle until the last drop of blood
and its last breath. He said the next Awami march would be
held at Multan on July 12.The JI chief thanked the people of
Karachi for coming on roads and streets in suchlarge numbers
and said they were representing the people all over the
country.
He said the government had no economic vision and it had
given the idea that the country could develop through the
trade of poultry and goats.
He said that the Minister for Science and Technology was
talking of cinemas, and asked if the nation needed science
and technology more or cinemas for progress.
He said that PTI leadership had talked of trying for Dr
Aafia's release but had done nothing for that . He said that
India was our sworn enemy and friendship with India was not
possible without the resolving the Kashmir issue.
Sirajul Haq said that the economy could not be salvaged
without abolition of interest.He said that the government
had promised to build :ve million houses butit had not
provided even 5 million tents so far. Sirajul Haq said that
the MQM people had got jobs as it had two ministers in the
cabinet and a third one was also being inducted.
He said these ministers should have talked of the problems
of Karachi in the cabinet. He urged the Supreme Court to
take noce of the rise in sugar prices which had
bene:ted the sugar mafia.
JI chief for Sindh Muhammad Husain Mehnati and JI Karachi
chief Hafiz Naeemur Rahman also addressed the gathering.
War News
Libya
Major Defeat for Haftar's Egypt-UAE Backed Army.
Turkish Weapons Helped Tripoli Regime to counterattack
On June 26, Tripoli's government's forces captured the
strategic town of Gharyan, south of Tripoli.
It was a surprise attack after Haftar's forces were lured
into thinking that major fighting would take place in the
north towards Tripoli.
Haftar's entire military encampment, heavy weapons and
operations room were destroyed in the fighting.
Turkey is credited with sending weaponry to the legitimate
government in Tripoli.
Haftar is a brutal general supported by Egypt and the UAE
and indirectly by USA and Russia.
After the defeat in Gharyan, Haftar is threatening Turkish
civilian interests in Libya and has arrested six Turks.
Haftar has been warned by Turkey
to stop his activities against civilians even has Haftar's
[UAE] bombed Gharyan and Tripoli airport.
Syria
After heavy Losses so-Called Hizbullah retreats from
Syria.
Russian bombing stopped temporarily but Assad and Iran
pumped in 6000 artillery shells and rockets into Mujahid
positions. Assad in Full Retreat.
During this week two important battles took place in
northwestern Hama province in both of which Assad and his
Shia allies were badly beaten
but retreated under Russian air cover.
June 29: Iranian and Assad artillery poured 6000 artillery
shells and rockets into mujahideen positions but were not
able to advance.
In Deir ez Zor province ISIS is carrying out guerrilla
warfare against SDF [US backed Kurds]. When ISIS killed the
commander of an SDF militia and his 4 guards, SDF cornered
an IS raider, killed him and hung his body in the middle of
Hajin town.
In a serious infiltration near Baghouz, US helicopters were
called in to force IS agents to retreat,
Here is a summary of the two major battles this week:
[Heaviest casualties on June 26. ]
June 28. Assad forces and his shia allies launched 4 attacks
on the towns of al-Jabeen and al-Mehli in northwestern Hama
provinces. The mujahideen drove them back killing 55 of the
shia troops, a big loss for one day. However when the
Islamics chased the Assadis, the Russian air force bombed
the Muslims, killing 45. (Syrian observatory]
June 26. Islamic victory. After 10 days of fighting shia
forces led by Iranians and commanded by Assad's top general
Suhail al-Hasan were beaten back and forced to retreat by
mujahideen of al-Nusra and other groups. Russian air force
was bombing the Muslims but the intense fighting in northern
Hama province ended in Islamic victory. The regime was
trying to capture three villages but failed. Heavy
casualties on both sides.[256 Regime-Shia killed, 240
mujahideen-opposition killed. It was bloody slaughter,
observers say.]
Hizbullah forces supporting Assad are quietly slinking away
back to Lebanon. They were keeping it secret but the news
came out.]
Bangladesh
[With thanks to L.]
Bangladesh's mainstream pupils more radical than Islamic
school graduates.
A police study has revealed that more than half of the
country's radicalized students complete their education in
general schools. Experts say the government needs to shift
focus while targeting potential militants.
The Anti-terrorism Unit of Bangladesh's police published the
report, called Preventing Terrorism and Extremism through
Community Engagement, last week. The study used data
collected from 3,000 suspects who were arrested between 2015
and 2017.
"The common idea is that only Madrassas produce militants,
which is absolutely wrong. It is evident that only the
Madrassa or Islamic education system cannot be blamed for
militancy," Additional Deputy Inspector General
(Intelligence) Mohammed Moniruzzaman told DW.
Education to blame?
Schooling in Bangladesh is divided into three chief systems.
The general, or mainstream education system treats all
religions equally and the curriculum is controlled by the
government. Madrassas focus on Islamic education for their
students and English-medium schools offer all subjects in
the English language. There are around 100,000 primary
schools in Bangladesh that follow the general system.
Data from the police study revealed that 56% of Islamic
radicals had been educated in the general system, while 22%
each came from English-medium and Madrassa schools, although
the English system has only 200 schools compared to 20,000
Madrassas.
Speaking to DW, Shantanu Majumder, professor at the
University of Dhaka said that the education system alone was
not to blame for influencing students negatively.
"One can be exposed to such [radical] ideas sitting in any
type of school, whereas I still believe that the government
should not take its hands off of monitoring the books or
syllabus that are studied in some religion-based schools,"
he told DW.
More internet, more radicals?
The survey also revealed that 80% of those arrested were
radicalized through the Internet while 20% were swayed by
their peers. Police officer Moniruzzaman said that students
of Bengali and English-medium schools used the internet more
often compared to Madrassa students.
He said it was possible that frequent access resulted in
more radicalization, but other surveys have proved the
contrary. For example, a survey by Move Foundation, a
nonprofit organization based in Bangladesh, revealed that
75% of Madrassa students had access to the internet through
their mobile phones and tablets. Their survey included 36
Madrassas across 12 districts of Bangladesh.
"On an average, students of Madrassas spend one and half
hours on the internet every day," Saiful Haq, the head of
the NGO told DW, adding, "Girls spend more time than the
boys." However, school administrators could not prevent
students from using the internet when they were at home.
"Many of them use mobile phones and computers at home. They
can use the internet there," Mawlana Mahfuzul Haq, principal
of the Jamia Rahmania Arabia Madrassa in the capital of
Dhaka told DW. He also said that his institution regularly
held teachings to dissuade students from joining radical
groups. "With references from the holy Quran and Hadith we
tell them that there is no relation between religion and
terrorism," he said.
Shift in Focus
In the last few years, several terror attacks in Bangladesh,
including at the Holey artisan bakery in Dhaka, the murders
of bloggers and liberal thinkers have led the government of
Bangladesh to adopt a "zero-tolerance approach" towards
Islamic radicalization. Among other initiatives to prevent
the youth from joining extremists, the police are
increasingly monitoring educational institutions other than
Madrassas.
"Especially after the Holey Artisan attack where students
from private universities were involved, the common attitude
of blaming Madrassas for spreading radicalization has
changed drastically among people," the University of Dhaka's
Shantanu Majumder told DW.
He thinks that government agencies have successfully
countered terror acts, but there is a complex process
through which radicalization occurs, and this has increased.
On the other hand, cultural activities like theater, which
create open attitudes and promote free thinking, have
reduced.
Majumder feels that focusing on cultural movements could
fight radicalization. "For that, we need to promote more
cultural activities in schools, hostels and other
places."
Source: dw.com
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
*Food & Eating Habits According to the Sunnah*
Imaam Ibnul-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah~{Rahimhullah}
Comprehensive notes covering the most important qualities of
the Prophet
(Sallallaahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam) in regards to food and
diet.
'It is sufficient for the son of Aadam to eat a few
mouthfuls, to keep him
going.. If he must do that (fill his stomach), then let him
fill one third with food, one third with drink and one third
with air.
FOOD...
: When he put his hand in the food, he would say,
"Bismillaah (with the Name of Allaah),'' and he told people
to say this when eating. he said,
"When any one of you eats, let him mention the name of
Allaah. If he
forgets to mention the name of Allaah at the beginning, let
him say..
'Bismillaahi fee Awwalihi wa Aakhirihi,' (with the name of
Allaah, at its
beginning and at its end)."
The correct view is that it is obligatory to mention the
name of Allaah
(say 'Bismillaah') when eating.. {The ahaadeeth which state
this are Saheeh (authentic) and are clear, with no
contradictions in them.}
When he raised the food to his mouth, he would say..
"Al-hamdu lillaahi hamdan katheeran tayyiban mubaarakan
feehi, ghayra [makfiyyin wa laa] muwadda'in, wa laa
mustaghnan 'anhu Rabbanaa 'azza wa jall. Translation:
[All praise is to Allaah, praise in abundance, good and
blessed. It cannot [be compensated for, nor can it] be left,
nor can it be done without, our Lord. he never criticized
food at all.
If he liked it, he would eat it, and if he did not like it,
he would leave it and
not say anything. or he would say.. "I do not feel like
eating this."
: Sometimes he would praise the food, as when he asked his
family for
food, and they said, "We have nothing but vinegar." he
asked for it and
started to eat it, saying.. " What good food is Vinegar."
: he used to talk whilst he was eating, as is seen from the
report quoted above about vinegar. And he said to his
stepson .. 'Umar Ibn Abee Salamah (radiyallaahu 'anhu) when
he was eating with him..
"Say Bismillaah and eat from that which is in front of you
in the dish.''
He would repeatedly urge his guests to eat, as generous
hosts do, and as is seen in the hadeeth of .. [Aboo Hurayrah
(radiyallaahu 'anhu),
related by al-Bukhaaree..] about the story of drinking milk,
where he
repeatedly said to him.. "Drink," and he kept telling him to
drink
until he (the guest) said.. "By the One Who sent you with
the truth,
I have no more room for it "! When he ate with others, he
would not leave until he had made Du'aa (supplication) for
them. he made Du'aa in the house of 'Abdullaah Ibn
Bishr,(Allah be pleased with him) and said..
" O Allaah, bless for them that which You have provided for
them,
forgive them and have mercy on them." he commanded people to
eat with
their right hands and forbade them to eat with their
left hands. he said...
" The Shaytaan eats with his left hand and drinks with his
left hand."
Note: This implies that eating with the left hand is
'Haraam' (unlawful),
and this is the correct view, because the one who eats with
his left
hand is either a Shaytaan (Devil), or he is imitating the
Shaytaan.
It was also reported in an authentic 'Hadeeth' that he told
a man who was eating with his left hand in his presence..
" Eat with your right hand ! " The man said, "I cannot."
he said..
" May you never be able to," and the man never lifted his
right hand
to his mouth after that.. he commanded those who complained
that they
never felt full to eat together and not separately, and to
mention the name of Allaah (say 'Bismillaah') over the food
so that He might bless it for them. It was also reported
that he said..
" I do not eat reclining."
he used to eat using the first three fingers (of his right
hand),
which is the best way of eating .. !
THE PROPHET'S, pbuh, GUIDANCE REGARDING EATING:
[1]: The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam)
used to know what he was eating.
[2]: he used to eat whatever was good for him.
[3]: he used to eat enough to keep him going, but no so much
as to make him fat Ibn 'Umar [Allah be pleased with him]
related that ..
Prophet ~(sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said.. "The
believer eats in one stomach whilst the disbeliever eats in
seven !"
[4]: He taught his 'Ummah' something to protect them
from diseases caused by eating and drinking.
Prophet~(Sallallaahu 'Alayhi wa Sallam) said..
"The son of Aadam does not fill any vessel worse than his
stomach.
It is sufficient for the son of Aadam to eat a few
mouthfuls, to keep him going. If he must do that (fill his
stomach), then let him fill one third with food, one third
with drink and one third with air."
